Our message is not to focus on the darkness but to say, ‘We get the darkness, but there’s a way out of it.'” – Jhonny K

Music has an ability to reach someone’s soul that just talking sometimes can’t… so we’re using music as a medium to help bring awareness around suicide, depression and bullying… to bring people the resources where they need to go.” – Jhonny K

Listen to Jhonny talk about his big vision for using music to help those who suffer from depression and mental health challenges:

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A couple years ago I composed this arrangement of O Come, O Come Emmanuel for my daughter Jillian and niece Callie to perform with me in church. This has always been one of my favorite Christmas songs. It has such a haunting melody. I enjoyed setting it to some beautiful winter photography I obtained through MorgueFile.com.

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This Thanksgiving week, I’m grateful for these unconventional blessings…

the hard things I’ve been through for the last couple years. They’ve shaped me into a new person

the men I’ve dated that didn’t work out. I’ve learned a lot about myself and what I want from these fine fellows

the times I’ve hit the wall, not knowing how I could go a step further… because it taught me to praise God anyway

oh and I’m thankful for God’s crazy sense of humor in the way He’s answered my prayers day to day. He’s definitely full of surprises!

As I sat down at my piano to play on this “Black Friday” I felt very grateful for my beautiful family and the friends I have in my life. This song is what came out. Not perfection, but it sums up the feelings of my heart today.

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Your dreams whisper to you … heed their call and co-create them with God. This is an extemporaneous piano creation I recorded tonight and set to some of my photography. I decided to also add some affirmations to support you in your dreams. I hope you enjoy it!

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My mother had me taking piano lessons when I was 5. I kept going until I turned 17 and broke my arm in a car wreck. In all that time, I never played anything but what was written on the page. In fact, if I misplayed a single note, my piano teacher would correct me.

Perhaps her voice in my head, telling me to play it exactly as it was written, was part of the reason I never cut lose and tried to create anything on my own. I knew I didn’t have much of an ear and didn’t believe I had the creativity to write anything myself.

About three years ago, I studied up on chords and began embellishing a little with hymns. I wrote a couple hymn arrangements. But still I wasn’t willing to try to play anything out of my own head (or heart).

In the last few months something’s shifted, and I enjoy just sitting down without any music in front of me and making up whatever comes.

Tonight I turned on the recorder and played. This is what came. It’s not polished and I’m sure a professional would laugh at the immaturity of the composition, but for me it was a breakthrough to trust myself enough to just play, record it and put it out there.

I set the music with some photos I’ve taken over the last year around Northwest Georgia, most of them in Catoosa County. I call it “Seasons of Solitude.”

What have you always wanted to do but didn’t have the guts to try? Your turn! 🙂

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Not only am I waxing generous with my Crazy Christmas Blowout, but the Spirit of Christmas has made me a little silly and creative. Here’s my project for today… an ode to my buddy, the creative thought leader, Laura West. It’s sung to the tune of the “12 Days of Christmas.” Enjoy!

If you really want a laugh, listen to me sing it…

On the first day of Christmas my friend Laura gave to me

A box of colored Post-it Notes

On the second day of Christmas my friend Laura gave to me

TWO Sharpie Markers
And a box of colored Post-it Notes

On the third day of Christmas my friend Laura gave to me

THREE Joy Journals
TWO Sharpie Markers
And a box of colored Post-it Notes

On the fourth day of Christmas my friend Laura gave to me

FOUR Calendars
THREE Joy Journals
TWO Sharpie Markers
And a box of colored Post-it Notes

On the fifth day of Christmas my friend Laura gave to me

FIVE Vision Maps
FOUR Calendars
THREE Joy Journals
TWO Sharpie Markers
And a box of colored Post-it Notes

On the sixth day of Christmas my friend Laura gave to me

SIX Neo-Color Crayons
FIVE Vision Maps
FOUR Calendars
THREE Joy Journals
TWO Sharpie Markers
And a box of colored Post-it Notes

On the seventh day of Christmas my friend Laura gave to me

SEVEN Acrylic Paints
SIX Neo-Color Crayons
FIVE Vision Maps
FOUR Calendars
THREE Joy Journals
TWO Sharpie Markers
And a box of colored Post-it Notes

Laura West, Creative Thought Leader

On the eighth day of Christmas my friend Laura gave to me

EIGHT Sticks of Glue
SEVEN Acrylic Paints
SIX Neo-Color Crayons
FIVE Vision Maps
FOUR Calendars
THREE Joy Journals
TWO Sharpie Markers
And a box of colored Post-it Notes

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2) This is the embodiment of EXACTLY what I mean by Quantum Collaboration and

3) This is what I want to do for Light Bearers. I want to come alongside them and help them make their dreams come true, help them express those deepest messages of their hearts and get them out there blessing others.

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